Jason Sewall <sew...@cs.unc.edu> writes: > I've searched the docs and the web for info on this, but I can't seem to > make headway.
> I have a script in the same directory as my configure.ac that tries to > clean what commit in my VC we're building. > GIT_VERSION=`./GIT-VERSION-GEN` > Obviously, that './' in there doesn't work if I try to configure outside > my source directory. What variable do I need add as prefix to that path > to let builds outside the source tree find that script? If that reference is in a Makefile.am or something similar, you want either $(abs_top_srcdir) or $(top_srcdir). I tend to use the abs_* versions as a matter of course since they avoid weird issues. -- Russ Allbery (r...@stanford.edu) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
